A church service with the icon which depicts Joseph Stalin surrounded by Soviet marshals was held at Prokhorovka field in Belgorod region of Russia.
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The service was said by Athos monk Aphinogen, controversial Russian nationalist newspaper ‘Zavtra’ reports. The icon was produced by order of Izborsk club, chaired by notorious supremacist politician and journalist Alexander Prokhanov, editor-in chief of newspaper ‘Zavtra’.
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In 1943 a tank combat took place at Prokhorovka field. It became one of the key episodes of the battle of the Kursk Salient. The icon was carried and then transported in armored vehicles along the field next to churches, chapels and monuments to the1943 tank battle. Lots of people were present at the action.
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